Wardrobe



(No Model.)

D. B. WEIGHTMAN, WARDROBE,

No. 485,309. Patented Nov.. 1, 1892.V

. Y WITNESSES: INVENTOI? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. WEIGHTMAN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,309, dated November 1, 1892.

Application iiled January 28,1891. Renewed April 4, 1892- Serial No. 427,749. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. WEIGHTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wardrobes; and its objects are to provide a simple and cheap device of the character set forth that may be quickly reduced to convenient bulk and form for transportation and again easily restored to condition for use, also being adapted to adjust to less than full size when in use, as may be required; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts more fully described in what follows,

and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a device embodying my invention as it appears in use; Fig. 2, the frame of the same with the covering removed; Fig. 3, a perspective of the device as it appears when closed for transportation, and Fig. 4a vertical section of the frame when closed as in Fig. 3.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the igures.

A A A A" are a series of similar rectangular frames placed one above the other and connected by props B B B of suitable length, arranged in pairs, pivoted at their respective ends to the respective adjacent frames, each prop having a rule-joint in the middle, whereby when the parts of said prop are in line they will sustain said frames parallel to and a certain distance apart one above the other, according to the length of the respective pair of props, and also whereby the said props may be bent inward at the middle and the said frames permitted to descend and corne in contact with each other. The frames A A each consists of the rigid side and end bars a and a', rigidly connected together at their ends, as shown. In order to allow said props to support said rectangular frames when the wardrobe is opened for use without the necessity of employing supplemental devices to stiften or brace them and also permit them to turn on their ends to horizontal position in the closing of the wardrobe, I have formed said ends of the props with diverging arms b, b', and b which are received by eyes h4, projecting inward from the end bars of the rectangular frames.

O is a covering of canvas or other suitable material inclosing the described framework attached thereto and having an opening at one side, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, said opening being closed bya flap D, attached at the top to A and detachably secured at the bottom by studs F, attached to A.

E E are wardrobe-hooks attached to the inner sides of the frames A A for the usual purposes.

In case it becomes desirable to use less than the full height of the device either the upper or lower section, or both, may be collapsed by bending the props B or B inward, leaving the middle section intact, and for transportation the entire device may be reduced t0 the form shown in Fig. 3 by bending inward all of the props B, as shown in Fig. 4:.

The form may be varied by placing the frames a vertical and the props horizontal; but I prefer the construction shown.

l. A wardrobe of the class herein described, comprising a series of parallel rectangular frames, each formed of rigid side and end bars rigidly secured together at their ends, and a series of props connecting said frames, each of said props formed at its center with a rule-joint and having at its extremities diverging projections received by eyes projecting from the end bars of the frames, substantially as described.

2. A wardrobe of the class herein described, comprising a series of parallel rectangular frames, each formed of rigid side and end bars rigidly secured together at their ends, and a series of props connecting said frames, each of said props being formed at its center with a rule-joint and having at its extremi- In testimony whereof I ax my signaturein ties diverging projections received by eyes presence of two Witnesses. projecting from the end bars of the frames, DAVID B WEIGHTMAN hooks projecting inward from the rectangular 5 frames, and an inclosing cover, of canvas or Witnesses:

other suitable material, secured to said frame, LUTHER V. MOULTON, al1 substantially as shown and described. LOIS MOULTON. 

